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BOOK LIST | A Grain of Sand: Nature’s Secret Wonder

By Science News

Beautiful photos of sand grains up close reveal surprising diversity. Text describes a sand grain’s journey from mountain to beach.

A GRAIN OF SAND


Voyageur Press, 2008, 112 p. $20.

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